The last committee with jurisdiction over the NNSA and EM budgets will mark up legislation this week as the Senate Armed Services Committee and its various subcommittees will put their stamp on the Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Authorization Act starting Wednesday. The markup, which is closed to the public, could run through Friday morning. Also this week:
- It’s going to be a busy week at the Capitol Hill Club as three of the 8 a.m. Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series events will take place, with a fourth speech moved to another location. Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chief Ken Myers will speak Tuesday, Mark Schneider and Tom Scheber of the National Institute for Public Policy will speak Wednesday, and retired Air Force Gen. Larry Welch will speak Friday. Gen. William Chambers, the head of the Air Force’s nuclear mission, will speak at the Reserve Officers Association in Washington, D.C., at 8 a.m. Thursday.
- The Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board for the Savannah River Site will meet in Savannah, Ga., Monday and Tuesday at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto.
NEW: Via public records request, I’ve been able to confirm reporting today that a warrant has been issued for DOE deputy asst. secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition Sam Brinton for another luggage theft, this time at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid airport. (cc: @EMPublications)
DOE spent fuel lead Brinton accused of second luggage theft.
by @BenjaminSWeiss, confirming today's reports with warrant from Las Vegas Metro PD.
Waste has been Emplaced! 🚮
We have finally begun emplacing defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of #WIPP.
Read more about the waste emplacement here: https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20221123-2.asp
Editorial: Sam Brinton’s credibility is now an issue 🔓